01441cam a2200373 i 4500 544938494 TxAuBib 20070728120000.0 ||||||s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 00-021919 9780439092548 043909254X DLC TxAuBib rda Durbin, William, 1951- The journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish immigrant / by William Durbin. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic, 2000. 163 p : ill ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier My name is America "Otto Peltonen is a fictional character created by the author and his journal and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copyright page. In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions. 20070728. Strikes and lockouts Fiction. Iron mines and mining Fiction. Finnish Americans Fiction. Emigration & Immigration Fiction. Diaries Fiction. Minnesota Fiction. My name is America. BTCLS